MANILA, Philippines — COVID-19 active cases in the country breached the 91,000-mark on Wednesday as health authorities detected 6,666 additional SARS-CoV-2 infections.
According to the Department of Health (DOH), the nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases now stands at 684,311, including the 91,754 patients who are currently sick with the respiratory disease.
The number of recovered patients, meanwhile, reached 579,518 after 1,072 new coronavirus-positive individuals survived the ailment. But 47 new fatalities pushed the death toll to 13,039.
DOH said the 91,754 active cases represent 13.4 percent of the total case count while recoveries and deaths were 84.7 percent and 1.91 perce…
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